With only a few inches of clearance on either side of the barge, Florence M. pulls OJIBWA through the Iroquois lock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33788)
RCN Piasecki HUP-3
RCN Piasecki HUP-3 Helicopter at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in CFB Shearwater, NS. The RCN operated three of these helicopters from 11 May 1954 to 28 February 1964. Primary service was from HMCS LABRADOR, supplying the DEW Line and some search and rescue work, based out of HMCS SHEARWATER on the East Coast and Patricia […]
RCN Tug GLENBROOK
RCN Tug GLENBROOK passing the stern of HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC as the frigate is moved in Halifax Harbour for the Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-59653)
HMS CAPETOWN
HMS CAPETOWN an old Carlisle class cruiser built in 1922, off Omaha beach on 7 June 1944. She has been stripped of her main guns and has been assigned as Captain Southbound, controlling all ship traffic to the American beaches. For ease of recognition her name has been painted in large white letters on the […]
Bermuda at War
The harbour in Bermuda is full of Allied ships in February 1944. HMCS TRENTONIAN is in the foreground taking on fuel from a tanker. Several radar towers can be seen on the right of the photo. HMS MALABAR was established in 1939, the island was an active operational base for RN and RCN escorts in […]
HMCS WINDSOR
HMCS WINDSOR alongside HMCDockyard, Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL28991)
HMCS MACKENZIE
HMCS MACKENZIE, Mackenzie class DDE backs away from the jetty at Esquimalt departing on a Far East cruise in 1965. MACKENZIE was accompanied by HMCS SASKATCHEWAN and HMCS BEACON HILL. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR001)
St. Lawrence II with CNAV MERRICKVILLE
Brigantine St. Lawrence II and RCN Tug MERRICKVILLE in Halifax Harbour for the Tall Ships Rendezvous for Canada 150 Celebrations on 28 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83357)
HMCS WASAGA Collision
Ross Milligan stands in the hole in HMCS WASAGA’s port side created when the danlayer HMS SURSAY had sliced into the minesweeper on 11 April 1945. The collision hit the seaman’s mess and playing cards can be seen strewn on the deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM130)
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Air Park at the gates to CFB Shearwater. Used by the Royal Canadian Navy for anti-submarine warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98849)